Researchers at the University of Arizona are looking for licensed massage therapists to participate in a study about tobacco use. Massage therapists who are part of the study will collaborate with tobacco-cessation expert Dr. Myra Muramoto, who is a res

Old Pueblo Vapor Lounge is the latest local business to offer an electronic alternative to conventional cigarettes. Customers can shop for electronic cigarettes in a lounge setting, complete with couches and an "e-juice bar," at 5470 E. Speedway.

The program, which will continue to be implemented in the parks, consists of smoke-free zones in areas where people gather, such as the bleachers and playgrounds at Centennial Park. Cigarette butt receptacles, many with signs attached that say, "Help kee

We reached out to Irina Stepanov, a professor at the University of Minnesota, to find out. Her team studies the effects of second-hand smoke from cigarettes and e-cigarettes. “Most likely e-cigarettes are less harmful than cigarette smoke. It contains f

That's when Vercruysse, a UA-Banner burn surgeon, started to ask those patients and ones with similar wounds how they got burned. "They all told me basically the same thing," he says. "They had an electronic cigarette in their pocket, then they started f

a spokesperson for Butt Out, a store that sells vaporizer products in Tempe, said explosions are typically due to “user error.” Manager Eli Kaczka e-cigarette batteries can catch fire if they’re mishandled. He explained that the shop warns all of its cus

Dear Josh: If you think that there is safer tobacco you’re deluding yourself. But you’re in common company. Many of my patients have the same thoughts – that there is such a thing as safer tobacco. Recent research published in the BMJ bears out that you

After months of study, the University of Arizona is proposing a ban on e-cigarettes on campus. The change to the school’s smoking policy was prompted by recent research that shows the electronic nicotine delivery devices aren’t as harmless as once thoug